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Dan Clark

Dan Clark

Dan covers cyber security, legal operations and intellectual property for Corporate Counsel. Follow him on Twitter @Danclarkalm.

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August 10, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

Former Airbnb General Counsel Wants Everyone to Own Ethics

"I want to get to a world where everyone feels like they own ethics. Where you have an environment where people are comfortable openly talking about ethics in an office. You don't have just one chief ethics officer, you have 5,000," former Airbnb general counsel and chief ethics officer Rob Chesnut said.

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7 minute read

August 06, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

Education Tech Company Chegg Passes Legal Department to Pac-12 General Counsel

"The mission of the company and putting students first is very similar to my mission at my current job which is putting student-athletes first," Woodie Dixon Jr. said. "I really like the space and I think there is a lot of room to help students better run their lives."

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2 minute read

August 05, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

Rite Aid Gives Interim General Counsel Permanent Post

"I look forward to supporting that effort by further strengthening our internal legal, compliance, and governance-related capabilities so Rite Aid is well-positioned to realize its vision for the future of pharmacy and pharmacists," Paul Gilbert said in the press release.

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2 minute read

August 04, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

Microsoft Chief Legal Officer Unveils Company's 2030 Zero Waste Plan

"To address our own waste creation, Microsoft will reduce nearly as much waste as we generate while reusing, repurposing or recycling our solid, compost, electronics, construction and demolition, and hazardous wastes," Microsoft chief legal officer Brad Smith wrote in a blog post.

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3 minute read

August 03, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

Third-Party Cookies, Reasonable Security Measures at Issue in CCPA Class Action Suits

"That is how they're constructing that fact pattern into what was supposed to be a clear data breach," Dominique Shelton Leipzig, a partner at Perkins Coie in Los Angeles, said. "The private right of action was supposed to limited to a negligent breach."

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3 minute read

July 31, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

US Soccer Taps Former NASCAR General Counsel to Lead Legal Department

"Karen brings a vast amount of expertise and broad legal background to U.S. Soccer, and she'll immediately be a valuable addition to our team," U.S. Soccer secretary-general and CEO Will Wilson said in the press release.

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2 minute read

July 31, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

Following Guilty Plea Over Wildfire and Bankruptcy Exit, PG&E Makes General Counsel Switch

John Simon, who currently serves as the executive vice president of law and strategy, is slated to retake the role of general counsel on Aug. 15.

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3 minute read

July 30, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

Ethisphere VP Sees Ethics Playing Bigger Role in M&A Post-COVID-19

"Increasingly the conversation is not about whether we can do something, it is about whether we should do something. That's a place where the traditional legal skill set of counseling a client really comes in to discuss, 'Is this consistent with our values? Is this consistent with our program?'" Erica Salmon Byrne, executive vice president of data and services at Ethisphere, said.

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5 minute read

July 29, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

Chief Lawyers Playing Greater Role in Corporate Cybersecurity and Data Use

"It's an unfortunate reality that the biggest threat to an organization's cybersecurity is the employees themselves. It's important that the legal department and the IT department work closely to educate employees on how to prevent something like a phishing attack," Susanna McDonald, chief legal officer and executive vice president of the ACC in Washington, D.C, said.

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3 minute read

July 28, 2020 | Corporate Counsel

Phillips Edison & Co.'s Top Lawyer Says 'Hyperdrive Communication' Key to Reopening Business

"For us, it is being locally smart and being our tenants' neighbor. We call them neighbors internally and that is how we interact with our tenants. The more we understand the issues that our small business operators have, the better we're able to manage to help them," Tanya Brady, general counsel of Phillips Edison & Co., said.

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